Wednesday, August 13, 2008

From God's Arms to My Arms to Yours

I'm going to see if I can find the actual song this is set to but I thought I'd share the lyrics here - as an adoptive-mom-to-be, this poem I found today touches me right to my heart. It can be so hard to put ourselves in Birth Mom's shoes sometimes - this was probably Ari's and my biggest weakness in this process, having never been in that situation before ourselves - but this does such a great job of reminding us that it is not just "us and our baby" in this process ... and that the decision to put a child up for adoption is not selfish or irresponsible, but in fact just the opposite. And BM (birth mother), whoever you are, thank you so much in advance for giving us the greatest gift that no one else could.

From God's Arms to My Arms to Yours ...

So many wrong decisions in my past, I'm not quite sureIf I can ever hope to trust my judgement anymore.But lately I've been thinking,Cause it's all I've had to do.And in my heart I feel that IShould give this child to you.And maybe, you could tell your baby,When you love him so, that he's been loved before,By someone, who delivered your son,From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.

If you choose to tell him,If he wants to know,How the one who gave him lifeCould bear to let him go.Just tell him there were sleepless nights,I prayed and paced the floors,And knew the only peace I'd find,Was if this child was yours.And maybe, you could tell your baby,When you love him so, that he's been loved before,By someone, who delivered your son,From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.

This may not be the answer,For another girl like me.But I'm not on a soapbox,Saying how we all should be.I'm just trusting in my feelings,And I'm trusting God above,And I'm trusting you can give this babyBoth his mothers' love.And maybe, you could tell your baby,When you love him so, that he's been loved before,By someone, who delivered your son,From God's arms, to my arms, to yours.